{"id":1073,"date":"2012-10-23T23:20:03","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T04:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/?page_id=1073"},"modified":"2024-11-23T22:03:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T04:03:59","slug":"records-data","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/records-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Records &#038; Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The following resources may be useful for you as you research your Washington County ancestors:<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>AFRICAN-AMERICAN<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/libcdm1.uncg.edu\/cdm\/search\/collection\/RAS\/searchterm\/Washington%20County\/field\/county\/mode\/all\/conn\/and\/order\/date!source\/ad\/asc\/cosuppress\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NC Runaway Slave Advertisements<\/a> &#8211; see ads with a Washington County connection<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nchistorytoday.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/10\/slaves-bound-for-somerset-place-arrive-1786\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Somerset Plantation Slaves arrive, 1786<\/a> &#8211; post from the &#8220;This Day in NC History&#8221; blog<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/lake-phelps-slaves-1803\/\">1803 List of Lake Phelps Company (Somerset Plantation) Slaves<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/digital.ncdcr.gov\/cdm\/compoundobject\/collection\/p16062coll3\/id\/1266\/rec\/57\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thomas Johnson petitsion (1816)<\/a> &#8211; He emancipates slave Mace, and her two children Clara &amp; William (he is their father).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>ARCHIVES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usgwarchives.net\/nc\/washington.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit the USGenWeb Washington County, NC archives for a variety of records from the county<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>BIBLES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/family-bible-records\"><span style=\"line-height: 12.997159004211426px;\">Family Bible Records of Washington County<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>BIOGRAPHIES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a title=\"William Anthony Armistead, MD\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/home\/william-anthony-armistead-md\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Armistead, William Anthony<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0(1809-1856)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a title=\"Augustin Daly (1838-1899)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/home\/augustin-daly-1838-1899\/\">Daly, Augustin<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0(1838-1899) &#8211;\u00a0playwright<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/home\/william-s-davenport\/\">Davenport, William S<\/a>.\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0(1859-1924)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a title=\"William Long Fagan\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/home\/william-long-fagan\/\">Fagan, Wiliam Long <\/a>&#8211;\u00a0(1839-1914)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a title=\"Benjamin Foster Halsey\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/home\/benjamin-foster-halsey\/\">Halsey, Benjamin Foster<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0(1863-1928)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a title=\"Diamond Matthew Riddick\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/home\/diamond-matthew-riddick\/\">Riddick, Diamond Matthew<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0(1873 -?)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>BIRTHS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/familysearch.org\/search\/collection\/1675484\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">North Carolina Births and Christenings, 1866-1964<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.taneya-kalonji.com\/rbeacon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Search for births in the Roanoke Beacon Newspaper Index <\/a>&#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">choose &#8220;birth&#8221;\u009d under the Content Type field<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>CEMETERIES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a title=\"Washington County Cemeteries, 1769-1997\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/cemeteries-1769-1997\/\">Washington County, North Carolina Cemeteries, 1769-1997<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; <span style=\"color: #000000;\">more than 10,000 burials included in this book series.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Redford, Dorothy Spruill. As Long As You Call My Name, I Live: Somerset Place Slave Burial Register, 1785-1865. [Somerset Place, N.C.]: Somerset Place Foundation, Inc, 2001.<\/span>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/oclc\/76945572\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">located at the NC State Library<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Washington County burials listed on <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/cgi-bin\/fg.cgi?page=csr&amp;CScnty=1744\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FindAGrave.com<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/pre-1914-washington-county-cemetery-transcriptions\">Washington County burials recorded in the late 1930&#8217;s<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/individual-cemetery-listings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Individual cemetery listings<\/a> &#8211; <span style=\"color: #000000;\">a few individual listings<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>CENSUS<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wash1800\/WASH1800.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1800 Washington Co. Census<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">transcribed by<\/span> Charles Barnes, formatted by Gordon Basnight<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wash1810\/WASH1810.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1810 Washington Co. Census<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">transcribed by<\/span> Charles Barnes, formatted by Gordon Basnight<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wash1820\/WASH1820.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1820 Washington Co. Census<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">transcribed by<\/span> Charles Barnes, formatted by Gordon Basnight<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wash1830\/WAS1830.HTM\">1830 Washington Co. Census<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wash1840\/WAS1840.HTM\">1840 Washington Co. Census<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wash1850\/WASH1850.HTM\">1850 Washington Co. Census<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/familysearch.org\/search\/collection\/1420441\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1850 Census (Mortality Schedule)<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">search the index for free at FamilySearch.org<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/familysearch.org\/search\/collection\/1420440\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1850 Census (Slave Schedule)<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">search the index for free at FamilySearch.org<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wash1860\/WASH1860.HTM\">1860 Washington Co. Census<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/familysearch.org\/search\/collection\/1438024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1870 Census <\/a>&#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">search the index for free at FamilySearch.org<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wash1880\/WASH1880.HTM\">1880 Washington Co. Census<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/familysearch.org\/search\/collection\/1325221\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1900 Census <\/a>&#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">search the index for free at FamilySearch.org<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/familysearch.org\/search\/collection\/1727033\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1910 Census <\/a>&#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">search the index for free at FamilySearch.org<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/familysearch.org\/search\/collection\/1488411\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1920 Census <\/a>&#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">search the index for free at FamilySearch.org<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/familysearch.org\/search\/collection\/1810731\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1930 Census <\/a>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">search the index for free at FamilySearch.org<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/familysearch.org\/1940census\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1940 Census<\/a> &#8211; search for free at FamilySearch.org<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>CHURCHES<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/churches\/concord-church-history\">Concord Primitive Baptist Church <\/a>&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/cpbcps.htm\">Concord Primitive Baptist Church Preservation Society, Inc<\/a>. &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/contributors\">Sherlyan Phelps <\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">is the contact person<\/span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a title=\"History of the Grace Church (1890)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/history-of-grace-church-1890\/\">Grace Church History<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/mt-hebron-a-m-e-zion-church-photos\">Mt. Hebron A.M.E. Zion Church Photos<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.lib.unc.edu\/mss\/inv\/m\/Morattock_Primitive_Baptist_Church.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Morrattock Primitive Baptist Church<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; Southern Historical Collection at UNC-CH<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/new-chapel-missionary-baptist-church-photos\">New Chapel Missionary Baptist Church Photos<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vergie.com\/pineygrove.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Piney Grove Baptist Church<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Rehoboth-Church-Preservation-Society\/145217315505274\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rehobeth Church Preservation Society<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/churches\/skewarky-church-records\">Skewarkey Church Records (partial)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/search\/catalog\/259610\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St. Luke&#8217;s Episcopal Church Parish Register (Roper), 1822-1966<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>COURT PROCEEDINGS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/home\/january-13-1899\/\">January 13, 1899<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Commissioner Proceedings<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/home\/march-10-1899\/\">March 10, 1899<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Commissioner Proceedings<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/home\/court-proceedings-may-5-1899\/\">May 5, 1899<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Superior Court Proceedings<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/home\/commissioners-proceedings-may-12-1899\/\">May 12, 1899<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Commissioner Proceedings<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/home\/court-proceedings-june-5-1899\/\">June 5, 1899 <\/a>&#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Commissioner Proceedings<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/home\/cp-august-25-1899\/\">August 25, 1899 <\/a>&#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Commissioner Proceedings<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>DEATHS\/OBITUARIES<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/obituaries-death-notices\/\">Obituaries &amp; Death Notices<\/a> &#8211; misc. listings from historical newspapers<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1799-early 1900s &#8211;<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb-data.com\/ncnews\/resultlist.php?nametype=decedent&amp;county=washington\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington County Deaths <\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">reported in various newspapers; an ongoing project<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1906-1930 &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/familysearch.org\/search\/collection\/1609799\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NC Death Certificates:1906-1930<\/a>&#8211; <span style=\"color: #000000;\">from Family Record Search. Microfilm images of death certificates<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1913-1980 &#8211; <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/WASHDTH.HTM\">Washington County Death Index <\/a>&#8211;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">deaths recorded by the Register of Deeds<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1898\u00a0-1994<\/span> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/familysearch.org\/search\/collection\/1675510\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994<\/a> &#8211;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">from Family Record Search<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/familysearch.org\/search\/collection\/1202535\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US Social Security Death Index<\/a> &#8211; free from FamilySearch<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>DEEDS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Linda Haas Davenport has compiled a book of more than 950 deed transcriptions from Washington County covering 1799-1814. &#8211;\u00a0Washington County, North Carolina Abstracts of Deed Books A-B-C (1799-1814): Including Some Dated Earlier. Broken Arrow, OK: L.H. Davenport, 2008. You can <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210619221752\/http:\/\/www.lhaasdav.com\/washcobook\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">view the surname index on this archived version of her website.<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0You can check for a library that may hold the book by going <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/oclc\/221687571\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Register of Deeds office has online searching of deeds from 1996 to present. Deeds from 1974- 1996 can be viewed if you have the Deed Book # and page.<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/washington-county-government-gets-fancy\">Read the blog entry<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">for more details on how it works.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>DIRECTORIES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/stream\/northcarolinabus1872nich#page\/234\/mode\/2up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1872 NC Business Directory<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/stream\/northcarolinayea1902#page\/548\/mode\/2up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1902 <\/a>&#8211;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">NC Yearbook<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/stream\/northcarolinayea1903rale#page\/572\/mode\/2up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1903 NC Yearbook &amp; Business Directory<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/stream\/northcarolinayea1904rale#page\/586\/mode\/2up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1904 NC Yearbook &amp; Business Directory<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/stream\/northcarolinayea1905rale#page\/598\/mode\/2up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1905 NC Yearbook &amp; Business Directory<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/stream\/northcarolinayea1906rale#page\/600\/mode\/2up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1906 NC Yearbook &amp; Business Directory<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/stream\/northcarolinayea1910rale#page\/486\/mode\/2up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1910 NC Yearbook &amp; Business Directory<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/stream\/northcarolinayea1911rale#page\/496\/mode\/2up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1911 NC Yearbook &amp; Business Directory<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/stream\/northcarolinayea1912rale#page\/532\/mode\/2up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1912 NC Yearbook &amp; Business Directory<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/stream\/northcarolinayea1913rale#page\/428\/mode\/2up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1913 NC Yearbook &amp; Business Directory<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/stream\/northcarolinayea1914rale#page\/442\/mode\/2up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1914 NC Yearbook &amp; Business Directory<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/stream\/northcarolinayea1915rale#page\/466\/mode\/2up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1915 NC Yearbook &amp; Business Directory<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/stream\/northcarolinayea1916rale#page\/548\/mode\/2up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1916 NC Yearbook &amp; Business Directory<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"\/washington\/1960-plymouth-directory\">1960 &#8211; Hill&#8217;s Plymouth Directory<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"\/washington\/1962-plymouth-directory\">1962 &#8211; Hill&#8217;s Plymouth Directory<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>EDUCATION<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/nc-ybook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCGenWeb NC Yearbook Index<\/a><strong> &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">search for Washington County residents in yearbooks from across the state.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a title=\"Creswell Academy Notice of Incorporation (1889)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/crewswell-academy-incorporation\/\">Creswell Academy Notice of Incorporation <\/a>(1889)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Plymouth Colored High School\u00a0&#8211;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/photos\/artifacts\/79396542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1944 Commencement Program<\/a> \u00a0&#8211;<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> my grandmother, Alice McNair, is one of the graduating class members. (Link contributed by Taneya Koonce)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Plymouth Academy<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1899 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/home\/1899-commencement-plymouth-academy\/\">commencement<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1900\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/plymouth-academy-1900-commencement\">commencement<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Plymouth State Normal School (African-American school)<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1898 &#8211; <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/plymouth-state-normal-school-moving-with-unprecedented-success\">Plymouth State Normal School Moving with Unprecedented Success<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1899 &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/home\/mcdonald-re-elected-principal\/\">John W. McDonald re-elected Principal<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Plymouth High School<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">1890- <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/plymouth-high-school-final-examination-grades-1890\/\">Final examination grades<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>FAMILIES<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a title=\"FamilySearch Tree Profiles\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/people-of-the-county\/\">People of the County<\/a> &#8211; <span style=\"color: #000000;\">profiles of Washington County individuals<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/pettigrewpapers1971lemm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pettigrew Papers vol. 1 (1685-1818)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/pettigrewpapers1988lemm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pettigrew Papers vol. 2 (1819-1843)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>FAMILY SITES<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lhaasdav.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ambrose and Davenport Families <\/a>&#8211;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">includes Ambrose and Davenport deed indexes and much more helpful information. Hosted by <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/contributors\">Linda Haas Davenport<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howcutt.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Howcutt &amp; Howcott Family History <\/a>&#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">website of Francis Howcutt who tracks Howcott families of Washington County.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnowens.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Owens Family &amp; Friends\u00a0&#8211;<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">hosted by John Owens, this site has information on the descendants of John Owens I (d. 1700s) and wife Ann of Tyrrell County<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/familytreemaker.genealogy.com\/users\/r\/i\/c\/Elsie-S-Richardson\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">William Sexton Family of Roper, NC<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>GENEALOGY SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Washington County Roots &amp; Vines &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/RootsAndVinesVolume2Number2Feb1991\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 1991<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/RootsAndVinesVolume2Number3Mar1991\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 1991<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"\/washington\/wcgs-newsletters\">Washington County Genealogical Society Newsletters<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wcgs-journal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Washington County Genealogical Society Journal Issues<br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>HISTORY<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Historic Places\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/home\/historic-places\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Historic places of Washington County<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Drye, Willie. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcadiapublishing.com\/9781467121248\/Plymouth-and-Washington-County\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Plymouth and Washington County<\/a>. Arcadia Pub, 2014.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nchistorytoday.wordpress.com\/2015\/11\/25\/josiah-collins-acquires-somerset-place-assemblage-1784\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josiah Collins Purchases Somerset Place<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>MAPS<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"\/washington\/home\/formation\">Formation maps of Washington County<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>MARRIAGES<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Marriage Notices &#8211; extracted from newspapers; view list by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/marriages-by-bride\/\">Bride <\/a>or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/marriages-by-groom\/\">Groom<\/a> surname<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/mr\/WASHLIC.HTM\">Marriages, 1851-1890 <\/a>&#8211; <span style=\"color: #000000;\">compilation of licenses of Washington County<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/familysearch.org\/search\/collection\/1675514\">North Carolina Marriages 1759-1979<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">from Family Record Search<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/familysearch.org\/search\/collection\/1726957\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; <span style=\"color: #000000;\">from FamilySearch and includes images<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/FsJlh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1799-1893 NC Marriage Records <\/a>&#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">full-text of Carrie Broughton&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Marriages from the NC Raleigh Register &amp; Gazette <\/em>series of books. Files are PDF files available for viewing online or for downloading. This work includes marriages from all over the state.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>MILITARY<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncdcr.gov\/about\/history\/historical-publications\/roster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NC Troops 1861-1865 Index <\/a>&#8211; <span style=\"color: #000000;\">index from the multi-volume work of the NC Dept of Cultural Resources<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/washpenapps.htm\">Civil War Pension Applications<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digital.ncdcr.gov\/cdm\/search\/collection\/p16062coll21\/searchterm\/washington%20county%2C%20north%20carolina%2C%20united%20states\/field\/coveraa\/mode\/all\/conn\/and\/order\/date\/ad\/asc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1901 Civil War Pension Applications<\/a> &#8211; <span style=\"color: #000000;\">digitized at the State Library<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>NEWSPAPERS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/roanoke-beacon-back-issues-now-online\">Roanoke Beacon <\/a>&#8212; <span style=\"color: #000000;\">full-text and digitized issues from 1889-1918 available online!<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"\/washington\/home\/news-clippings\">Various news items from the newspapers<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a style=\"line-height: 19px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lhaasdav.com\/roanokebeacon\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Abstracts from Roanoke Beacon Newspaper Plymouth, Washington County, N.C.<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 19px;\">&#8211;<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">located at the Haas\/Davenport Homepage.\u00a0Covers the year 1889.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Past Washington County Newspapers\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">click on the links for information about libraries that may hold microfilmed issues. Also check with the<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/statelibrary.ncdcr.gov\/reference\/newspapers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NC Newspaper Project <\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">for details on ordering microfilm reproductions.<\/span><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn85042116\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Old flag. (Plymouth, N.C.) 1865-186?<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn85026805\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, N.C.) 1856-185?<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn91068717\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Plymouth news. (Plymouth, N.C.) 1849-18??<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn92074056\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Roanoke beacon and the Washington County news. (Plymouth, N.C.) 1929-1959<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn92074055\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Roanoke beacon. (Plymouth, N.C.) 1889-1929<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn92074057\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Roanoke beacon. (Plymouth, N.C.) 1959-current<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn91068721\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roanoke cresset. (Plymouth, N.C.) 1858-18??<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn99061516\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Washington County times. (Plymouth, N.C.) 1908-19??<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>QUERIES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Have questions? Visit our<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NCGenWeb Facebook<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">page<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"\/washington\/washquer.htm\">Archived queries from Washington county researchers<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>SURNAMES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"\/washington\/washname.htm\">Archives surname registry<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>WILLS &amp; ESTATES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archives.ncdcr.gov\/documents\/washington-county-estates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Index to estate records available at the NC Division of Archives &amp; History<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>List of Wills &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archives.ncdcr.gov\/FindingAids\/containerlists\/Washington_Guardians_container_list.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Index to Washington County Guardian Records @ NC State Archives<\/a><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wills-estates\/allsbrook-will\">Allsbrook, Willia<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0August 25, 1856<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wills-estates\/will-richard-armistead\">Armistead, Richard <\/a>&#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">March 1, 1815<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wills-estates\/will-eliz-beasley\">Beasley, Elizabeth F<\/a>.\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">September 1873<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wills-estates\/will-of-jestin-davenport\">Davenport, Jestin <\/a>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">March 19, 1888<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wills-estates\/will-asa-harrison\">Harrison, Asa H. <\/a>&#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">January 30, 1883<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wills-estates\/will-edmond-harrison\">Harrison, Edmond <\/a>\u00a0&#8211; <span style=\"color: #000000;\">December 30, 1870<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wills-estates\/will-sabra-harrison\">Harrison, Sabra E. <\/a>&#8211; <span style=\"color: #000000;\">October 23, 1901<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/will-of-john-newberry-i-1759-1818\/\">Newberry I, John<\/a> &#8211; October 11, 1818<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wills-estates\/will-emma-padgett\">Padgett, Emma E. <\/a>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">January 9, 1905<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wills-estates\/will-asa-snell\">Snell, Asa <\/a>\u00a0&#8211; <span style=\"color: #000000;\">December 18, 1878<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wills-estates\/will-jordan-snell\">Snell, Jordan <\/a>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">January 4, 1896<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wills-estates\/will-frederick-spruill\">Spruill, Frederick <\/a>&#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">May 5, 1859<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wills-estates\/will-mary-spruill\">Spruill, Mary <\/a>&#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">May 31, 1873<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wills-estates\/will-william-a-spruill\">Spruill, William A<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wills-estates\/will-william-a-spruill\">. <\/a>&#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">dated January 14, 1888 proved June 11, 1890<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wills-estates\/will-william-n-spruill\">Spruill, William N<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/washington\/wills-estates\/will-william-n-spruill\">. <\/a>&#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">dated March 15, 1848<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following resources may be useful for you as you research your Washington County ancestors: AFRICAN-AMERICAN NC Runaway Slave Advertisements &#8211; 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